Marathon Training and Discussions

Half Marathon Results (Read 223 times)

So, this being 2 weeks before my Marathon, I decided to run this half marathon today to make the 'last long run' a bit more interesting. I wanted to do well, and beat my PR of 1:53:21, yet not 'push' too hard. The weather was perfect, and I was feeling great. My goal pace was 8 minute/mile but I decided to just run it at a comfortable pace and see how I was feeling. Halfway through, I was a minute ahead of pace so I just kept running easy and figured I would PR and still be still close to my 1:45:00 goal. At 18K I was still a half minute ahead, and although consciously, I didn't try to speed up, I got caught in the moment and ran the last 3.1K in under 14 minutes, and came in at 1:43:18, a ten minute PR! And I feel great now, better than I ever have after a long race.
To make things even better, even on mother's day, my lovely wife and our youngest were there to cheer me though the finish. I am really glad I decided to do this race. Hopefully the marathon go this well! Only14 more days to taper for the big day - bring it on I say!
Mmmm, now it's nap time. C ya later.
Dave
--- Modified because my wife definately deserved to be mentioned. She is a contributing factor to my personal successes, Mother's Day or not ----

Nice on Dave, congrats on your PR.
Good luck with your tapering. I´m having a little trouble with mine. Keep sneeking out for a run. I´ve cut my weekly mileage down a little, hope its enough. My marathon´s on Saturday. I´m really looking forward to it.
I think you´ll easily do sub 4 hours on your marathon, probably even better. Good luck.

Seems like everyone has a different approach to their taper based on current conditioning. During my recent HM taper I reduced my mileage the week prior to the event but maintained my intensity. I didn't run at all for 2 days prior to the race. Day 1, I was giddy, Day 2, I felt thick and lethargic. Day of race I felt great!

The more i read about tapering the more confused i get. So i just decided to cut down on the mileage abit and throw in a few marathon pace runs this time. Not sure if its a good idea or not.
Did you do a little taper for your HM daddyo?

I ran 4 times last week, I usually run 5 or 6. I reduced mileage by about 1k for each of the 3 mid-week runs but ran them about 10% more intense.
By the way, I guess I did push a bit yesterday, My thighs are a bit sore